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alright guys here with the EVGA GeForce GT s 450 video card and I'm not going over the whole series this is just the EVGA z' model a quick unboxing if you want full details link in the description or follow the annotation anyways just looking at what is different about this card first off this is EVGA 's fpb model which is actually the basic or entry-level model what is different about it like with many other manufacturers EVGA is offering a factory overclock on it and it's only the same price $129.99 speeds on this card are 822 megahertz for the graphics quad core compared to 783 megahertz which is the factory settings specified by Nvidia anyways other than that everything is the same it's got 1 gig of memory the memory clock is 1804 or 36 oh 8 effective 192 cuda cores 128-bit memory interface so just the graphics core is updated but for the same price who's to argue everything is pretty standard with the technologies we have vision physics CUDA SLI all that fun stuff like I said nothing has changed with the card there's a little sneak peek of what its gonna look like so pull it open let's see what's different about this card compared to the rest alright so now we look at the goodies we have a DVI to vga adapter molex into PCI power adapter Quick Start Guide as well as the user guide and Driver CD make sure you read this if you aren't familiar with how to install or setup your graphics card and drivers and video comm and download the latest drivers always card fresh out of the bubble wrap there we go very nice to see they've kept the same short design like we saw with the GTX 460 great for people who are sort of get getting tired of you know will it fit here will it fit there right this is gonna fit in most any case you don't have to worry about it the the cooler itself and the shroud are very similar to what we saw with the GTX 460 if you can see it there there is actually sort of a dip in the fan shroud and what that's for is when you're installing these in SLI or if you're installing them the other one is going to you know be fairly cool this will give it a bit of breathing room it allows the fan a bit more room and it'll give you some good airflow as we look at the back here we have our six pin the six pin power 400 watt power supply is recommended outputs we have the DVI and mini HDMI you also have an exhaust port down at the bottom that is pretty much it for the card we have our sli adapter there will only be able to do dual sli no triple SLI for those hoping for it and that is the GTS 450 very good looking card make sure you check out the full review for all of the benchmarks and a little more in-depth look at the entire GTS 450 line